No you cannot withhold rent. Considering the facts in your question, you may want to hire an attorney to help you get out of your lease. You may...

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Someone is using my parking spot without my permission. Can I rent the spot out to someone else?

You may want to wait until he is evicted by the sheriff. After that, you would be in a position to rent it to another party. The information in...

Landlord refuses to pay Restaurant utilities agreed to in Lease

You should file a court action to determine your respective rights before taking the action that you are asking about. You landlord appears to be...

Recovering condo repair costs after water damage, used my own contractor

You may enforce your bylaws in a court action. You may want to discuss the situation with your association to find out their interpretation of the...

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First of all, check the case history either on the court house website or at the court house in the clerk's office to find out whether a default...

The tenant signed a one year lease. One month later, he decided to cancel and move out. What damage can the landlord claim?

You may enforce what the lease allows for in the event of a breach. Take a good look at the lease, and make sure you have the new contact...

As the other attorney mentioned you have 5 days to pay your back-owed rent from the time that you receive the notice. Although, you may want to try...

I assumed all debt in the divorce and was unemployed until 5/2010. At that time I was trying to save my home from foreclosure.

Congratulations for successfully refinancing you home. As the other attorney mentioned, your divorce decree governs your relationship so refer to...

I can't afford a lawyer and i need to file a motion to quash 'service of process' when i go to court PRO SE( HOW?)

The only way to challenge service by publication is to claim that they did not exercise sufficient due diligence to try to serve you personally...

I was 1 month behind on payment and every month I was making payment since june i just recieved a check back in november before

There is no specific law for how many months you need to be behind before the bank can foreclose, you must only be in default, but it’s is about...